SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 10, 2007

Below is what happened in search today, as reported onSearch Engine Land and from other
places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

Google Top
Worldwide Search Engine; Baidu Beats Microsoft
comScore has released new figures looking at the most popular search engines
worldwide. Google tops the list, with nearly five times as many searches as
nearest competitor Yahoo. But the worldwide list does focus attention on some
non-US based search players like Baidu and NHN, which owns Korea’s Naver.
It…

Some Google
Maps Indexing Confusion
Locally Type found a mistake in a Google search result, showing a Yahoo Maps
URL but with a plus box that reveals a Google Map. Here’s the result that lead
to the post: Needham, MA 02494. The actual Yahoo Map is a link down on the
page….

Search
Marketing for the B2B Technical Buyer
Recently, Enquiro, in conjunction with MarketingSherpa and Survey Sampling
International, released a report entitled Marketing to a B2B Technical Buyer
(requires registration). Comprised of roughly equal parts research report and
Enquiro marketing perspectives, the document seeks to analyze the behaviors of
B2B technical buyers and convey their priorities. While…

Training: Heart
& Soul of In-House SEO/SEM
I must admit, I wasn’t very perceptive when I received my first in-house SEO
prospect call back in 2000. The caller recognized the value of his organic
search results and the business need for integrating SEO functionality
internally. I did not. That’s because in those days, I thought it…

Google Earth
and 3D Warehouse Opened Up to ‘Game Developers’
On the cusp of the Virtual World Conference, starting today in California, a
company called Multiverse Nework has announced a partnership with Google that
opens up Google’s 3D Warehouse — terrain and metadata from Google Earth — to
third party use. According to CNet, Multiverse Nework offers a platform for…